“I don't think for a long time my parents even knew I was wrestling, even though they had arranged it. I wasn't getting those questions from home, I was getting them from Mr. Gray. That became such a positive relationship for me. All of a sudden, I wanted to see him and tell him how things were going. He was a role model - somebody I could look up to.”
Darin Schreck
“If You can dream it, You can achieve it. If You can think it, then it's Yours. Don't leave it for later, for tonight or tomorrow. The time is Now O'clock. ...Words to the Wise...”
Philip T.M
“He's worked hard, he's wrestled his whole life and goes around to different states to wrestle. I think it's sad how it ended for him.”
Chuck Pipher
“It was the worst pain I think I ever felt in a wrestling match. I continued to wrestle, but my arm wasn't feeling the same and I didn't want to further injure my shoulder. But I just wanted to come out and finish my last match. I did more than I expected to do.”
Dan Williams
“I'm thinking about it, but I've only wrestled two years. I think it might depend on how I do at subs and sections.”
Corbin Shakely
“Once you've wrestled, everything else in life is easy.”
Dan Gable
“More enduringly than any other sport, wrestling teaches self-control and pride. Some have wrestled without great skill - none have wrestled without pride.”